What Is a CFI Speaker?
Speakers affiliated with the Center for Inquiry (CFI) include lawyers, scientists, professors, journalists, and students, and others who are dedicated to stimulating public discussion of the issues that concern non-theists, humanists, and freethinkers. The "primary speakers" are paid staff at CFI, while others, found in the "all speakers" section, are leading thinkers, scholars, and activists in their various fields. Each speaker is associated with the Center for Inquiry, offering their services to advance shared values and goals.
Topics:
- America's history of secularism
- Activism
- African American humanism
- Alternative medicine
- Ancient history
- Anti-atheist prejudice
- Apostasy
- Atheism and feminism
- Atheism and literature
- Belief in Miracles
- Biblical and Koranic criticism
- Biblical texts and criticism
- Bioethics
- Blogging and other social media
- Buddhism
- Children and religion
- Cognitive-behavior theory and the treatment of dogmatic belief
- Comedy
- Conspiracy Theories
- Countering Christian Apologetics
- Critical thinking
- Critical Thinking and the Paranormal
- Critical Thinking and Writing
- Debates
- Diversity and the Freethought Movement
- Event Planning
- Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design
- Evolutionary psychology and religion
- Free will
- Freedom of speech and civil liberties
- Gay marriage
- Group Organizing
- Historical Jesus
- Historical method
- History of paranormal investigation
- History of religion
- History of science
- How and why atheists should speak out
- How Human Memory Works
- Humanism and postmodernism
- Humanism for children
- Humanistic and naturalistic ethics
- Humor
- Independent film-making
- Interfaith & Transfaith
- Journalism
- LGBTQ issues
- Lobbying
- Media Outreach and Promotion
- Memory
- Memory & Belief
- Memory Biases
- Metaphysics
- Morality
- Natural science
- Naturalism
- Neuroscience and the existence of the soul
- Online Activism
- Paranormal and fringe-science claims
- Philosophical Foundations of Humanism
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophy of physics
- Philosophy of theism and atheism
- Political orientations of liberalism and conservatism
- Psychology of atheism and secularism
- Psychology of dogmatism and authoritarianism
- Psychology of leaving religion and apostasy
- Psychology of personality traits
- Psychology of religion
- Psychology of Belief
- Radical Islam
- Reason and Faith
- Reformation of Islam
- Religion and genocide
- Religion and politics
- Religion and sexuality
- Religion and the media
- Religious criticism
- Religious extremist movements
- Religious fundalmentalism
- Religious liberty, and the civil rights of the non-religious
- Ritual
- Science and pseudoscience
- Science and religion
- Science and skepticism in the arts
- Science education
- Science fiction
- Science in the media
- Science-based medicine
- Secular health and wellness
- Secular humanism
- Secular parenting
- Secular society
- Secular Spirituality
- Secular studies
- Separation of church and state
- Sex and sexuality
- Skeptical activism
- Skeptical Tools
- Skeptical Tools for Progressive Ends
- Skepticism
- Skepticism & the Media
- Skepticism and intellectual self defense
- Skepticism and the Humanities
- Sociology of secularity
- Sports
- Starting a Student Group
- Student freethought movement
- Suicide Terrorism
- Teaching Wisdom
- Technology and the Freethought Community
- Terror Management Theory
- The Bankruptcy of Religious Ethics
- The Center for Inquiry
- The existence of God
- The humanist and skeptic movements
- The JREF Million Dollar Challenge
- The meaning of life
- The Power of Story-telling
- The scientific and naturalistic worldview
- The Scientific Method
- The worldwide skeptic movement
- Why we believe in gods
- Women and religion


